Statistics of Soviet Top League for the 1973 season.
| Season | 1973 |
|---|---|
← 1972 1974 → | |
It was contested by 16 teams, and Ararat Yerevan won the championship.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PKW | PKL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Ararat Yerevan (C)
|
30 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 52 | 26 | +26 | 39 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 |  Dynamo Kyiv
|
30 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 44 | 23 | +21 | 36 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 |  Dynamo Moscow
|
30 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 43 | 30 | +13 | 33 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Spartak Moscow
|
30 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 28 | +9 | 31 | |
| 5 |  Dinamo Tbilisi
|
30 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 42 | 33 | +9 | 31 | |
| 6 | Shakhtar Donetsk
|
30 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 26 | +6 | 31 | |
| 7 | Zarya Voroshilovgrad
|
30 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 38 | 26 | +12 | 29 | |
| 8 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
|
30 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 36 | 40 | −4 | 26 | |
| 9 |  Kairat Alma-Ata
|
30 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 25 | 37 | −12 | 26 | |
| 10 | CSKA Moscow
|
30 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 25 | |
| 11 | Zenit Leningrad
|
30 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 35 | −2 | 21 | |
| 12 |  Pakhtakor Tashkent
|
30 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 20 | |
| 13 | Torpedo Moscow
|
30 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 28 | 37 | −9 | 19 | |
| 14 | Karpaty Lviv
|
30 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 28 | 48 | −20 | 19 | |
| 15 |  Dinamo Minsk (R)
|
30 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 36 | −15 | 17 | Relegation to First League |
| 16 | SKA Rostov-on-Don (R)
|
30 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 43 | −24 | 11 |
Results in brackets indicate the results from penalty shoot-outs whenever games were drawn.
| Home \ Away | ARA | CSK | DNI | DYK | DMN | DYN | DTB | KAI | KAR | PAK | SHA | SKA | SPA | TOR | ZAR | ZEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ararat Yerevan | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1(3–5) | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–2(4–5) | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1(4–3) | 3–2 | |
| CSKA Moscow | 0–1 | 0–0(3–5) | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–1(4–5) | 1–1(5–4) | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–2(5–3) | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0(8–7) | |
| Dnipo Dnipropetrovsk | 1–1(5–4) | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–0(4–2) | 2–0 | 1–1(4–3) | 1–1(5–3) | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1(7–8) | 1–1(3–2) | 0–0(5–3) | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| Dinamo Minsk | 1–0 | 1–1(5–3) | 2–0 | 0–0(4–5) | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1(4–5) | 0–1 | 0–0(8–9) | 1–1(5–4) | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0(4–5) | |
| Dynamo Moscow | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2(5–4) | 1–1(5–4) | 4–1 | 1–1(3–4) | 2–0 | 1–1(6–5) | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0(5–3) | 1–1(4–5) | 2–1 | 1–1(5–4) | |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 0–0(4–3) | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–0(6–5) | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–1(4–3) | 1–1(6–5) | |
| Kairat Alma-Ata | 1–4 | 1–1(4–3) | 2–2(4–5) | 0–0(5–3) | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1(5–4) | 2–0 | 0–0(5–4) | 1–2 | 1–1(4–3) | 1–1(4–3) | 0–0(5–2) | |
| Karpaty Lviv | 3–0 | 0–9 | 3–2 | 0–0(4–5) | 1–0 | 3–5 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1(5–4) | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–2(4–5) | |
| Pakhtakor Tashkent | 2–3 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–2(2–5) | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 5–0 | |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 0–0(3–4) | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1(4–3) | 0–1 | 0–0(3–5) | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | |
| SKA Rostov-on-Don | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–2(6–5) | 1–1(10–9) | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1(4–5) | 0–0(2–4) | 1–1(6–5) | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| Spartak Moscow | 2–2(4–5) | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0(5–1) | 1–0 | 1–1(5–4) | 0–2 | 2–0 | |
| Torpedo Moscow | 0–1 | 2–2(3–4) | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–1(3–5) | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1(3–4) | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | |
| Zarya Voroshilovgrad | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0(3–4) | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0(5–3) | 0–0(2–4) | |
| Zenit Leningrad | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0(11–12) | 2–1 | 1–1(7–6) | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1(3–4) | 3–0 | 0–0(3–4) | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0(4–5) | 3–1 | 3–2 |